Improvement in flower-pots



0. EBERHARDT.

Flower-Pot.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

OTTO EBERHARDT, OF BROOKLYN, E.D. NEW YORK.

IMPROVEM ENT IN FLOWER-POTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 31,306, dated February 5, 1861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTo EBERHARDT, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flower-Pots; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical section through a metallic iiower-pot and saucer. Fig. 2 is a horizontal'section through Fig. 1, as indicated by the red line y y.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple means whereby a flower-pot can be easily attached to its saucer and detached therefrom at pleasure, so that when desirable the saucer may be secured tothe bottomo'f/the pot for giving additional/base to the pot and for retaining dirt and water escaping from the pot.

My invention consists in forming on the bottom of a iiower-pot a projecting tlange with notches cutvjnto it, and in forming knobsfor hooks on the saucer corresponding with the notches in the flange, so that when the bottom of the pot is put between the knobs or hooks on the saucer and slightly rotated the said knobs or hooks will project over the ilange on the pot and secure the saucer to the pot, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The ower-pot A and the saucer B are made ot' zinc or any other suitable material, and they may be made ot' any desirable shape and capacity. The pot A has a flat bottom, and in its manufacture a flange, a,is formed around the bottom edge, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. This iange a projects out from the body of pot A a suitable distance, and three or more notches, b b b, are formed in this ange, as represented in Fig. 2. The bottom of the pot A fits into a circular recess which is form ed in the bottom of the saucer B, as represented in Fig. 1, and around the upper edge ot' this recess, which is merely a depression in the saucer, are knobs or hooks c c c, which areat uniform distances apart, and which correspond to the notches b b b in the flange a of the pot A, as represented in Fig. 2. These knobs c c c project inward and over the edge of the depression in the saucer, so that the bottom of the pot A can only be seated in the depression in the saucer by bringing the notches b b bin ange a to register with the knobs c c c.

When this is done the bottom or lange a of the pot A will pass down below the knobs c c c and now, on giving the saucer a slight rotary motion, the tlan ge a will pass under the projecting portions of knobs o c c and secure the saucer to the bottom of the pot. The notches b b b also form holes in the bottom of the pot for admitting air to the roots of the plants and for allowing Water to escape from the pot into the saucer.

It will now be seen from the above description that the saucer can be attached or detached from the bottom of the pot at pleasure; and when the saucer is attached it will give additional base tothe pot to pfreyentnitirom Qnllygturningoembids serving all the advantages for which a saucer is commonly used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The flange aon the pot, withits notches b b b, in combination with the corresponding knobs or projections, c c c, on the saucer, relatively arranged, and operating as and for the purposes herein set forth.

OTTO EBERHARDT.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, O. W. OowTAN. 

